A lot has changed in our tech lives since counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer left the air in 2014. When “24” returns, will the show have caught up? Plus, more on Twitter’s transformation from a social network to a publishing platform. Also, in the first installment of our series, Playing with Machines, Tom Jenkinson, known as Squarepusher, talks about his latest album, “Music for Robots,” which is performed entirely by robot musicians. Jenkinson discusses the machines’ incredible capabilities, and the challenge of making them sound more… human.

The White House has released a new report this week on big data and our privacy. The report examines everything from how big companies are using data in marketing, to whether new technologies present challenges to current privacy policies. And Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has decided to build new battery factories for his popular electric cars in at least two different states. It’s a strategy that Musk says will help the company ramp up production of Teslas. Plus, play along with Marketplace Tech’s Friday numbers game: Silicon Tally.

We look at how LinkedIn has managed expectations as it weathered the broader tech downturn and why it seems to fly under the radar when compared to other firms in its sector, namely Twitter and Facebook. Plus, we hear about New York’s Hacker School and one student – Rose Ames – who took a grant from Google to attend.

On today’s show, a closer look at the competition between AT&T and other telecoms as the rules for in-flight digital usage are relaxed, and the FCC frees up more wireless spectrum. Also, Bethany Mota, host of a Youtube channel with almost 6 million subscribers, talks about making videos for teenagers and internet stardom. Plus, more on the debut of Amazon.com’s wearable technology store.

Hear more about how Twitter is trying to solve its ghost account problem: people who sign up and never tweet. Plus, Janet Vertesi, a sociologist of science and technology at Princeton University, talks about how and why she tried to conceal her pregnancy from the internet, and the consequences of trying to be an anonymous online consumer.

As TV viewers increasingly divert their attention to their smartphones during commercial breaks, a new service promises to sync up the ad they’re (not) watching on TV with the ads being served to the apps, like Facebook, on their phone. We explain the need, and also dig into just how it works. Plus, Queena Kim breaks down the difference between a coder, a programmer, and an engineer. Also, more about backing up Bitcoin by sending data into space.

With the FCC’s announcement, we look at Net Neutrality and who would pay for an internet “fast lane.” Plus, more on the technology behind Disney’s Audio-Animatronics exhibits at the 1964 World’s Fair. Also, Farhad Manjoo, tech columnist for the New York Times, joins us for Silicon Tally, our quiz on the week in tech news.

Anticipation has been building around new Open Internet rules from the Federal Communications Commission. The new set of rules are set for discussion by the FCC on May 15. And the latest reports about those new rules don’t look good for Net Neutrality. Reports suggest that while they will ban internet companies from blocking content… the new rules don’t protect against so-called pay-to-play deals. Pay to play, also called interconnection, could allow some companies to pay Internet Providers in order to have their data delivered faster than the data of others. Also, Jeremy Rifkin, author of “The Zero Marginal Cost Society,” join us to talk about why the sharing economy is here to stay. Plus, more on the upcoming Nokia/Microsoft deal.

The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case that may impact both how we watch television in the future and how we use cloud computing. The case, ABC vs. Aereo, has broadcasters arguing about a violation of copyright. But Aereo, which rents you an antenna so you can watch and record broadcast television on your devices, argues it’s just a rabbit ears rental company in a startup’s body. Plus, Apple gets on the phone to tell investors about just how well it’s last quarter went.